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' UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

PAUL A. MENGERS, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE BERLINER VELVET FABRIK M. MEN GERS & SOHNE, O'F SAME PLACE.

ORNAMENTING SELVAGE OF PILE FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,801, dated. January 22, 1895.

Application filed October 5,1894. Serial No. 625,009. No specimens.)

To all whom, it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, PAUL A. 1VIENGERS, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pile Fabrics and Methods of Ornamenting the Selvage Thereof, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pile fabrics and in the method of ornamenting the same.

Cotton pile fabrics such as velvets, velveteens, plushes and the like are ordinarily made with a selvage of uncut pile, which leaves an unfinished appearance, or a dull and unattractive appearing selvage at the side of the cut pile.

The object of my invention is to provide such cotton pile fabric with a selvage that shall present an attractive and finished appearance, whereby the pile fabric will be more attractive than goods having the ordinary plain selvage of uncut pile.

My invention consists therefore in a cotton pile fabric having a selvage provided with a layer or covering of a mixture pressed upon the selvage and contrasting in appearance to the cut pile of the fabric.

The invention also consists in the method of improving the appearance of the selvage of cut pile goods, as hereinafter explained.

To assist in explaining this invention a sheet of drawingsis annexed hereto,in which- Figure l is a diagrammatic view of a piece of fabric having its selvage supplied with Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2, 2, in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of the fabric before its selvage is treated according to this invention; and Fig.4 is a section on the line y y, in Fig. 3.

In the accompanying drawings the letter A indicates a piece of cotton pile fabric, such as velvet or the like, having cut or raised pile a, and a selvage b, of uncut pile. Upon the selvage b is placed an adhesive layer (1 of a mixture or material capableof being spread upon said selvage in a plastic or semi-liquid state and allowed to dry thereon. Said sub-' stance may be a bronze mixture or a paint like mixture, and it is preferably provided with caoutchouc or rubber to cause it to adhere to the fabric. The layer of this mixture may wholly or partially cover the selvage of the fabric, and in color it is preferably made to contrast with, or differentiate from, the color of the pile fabric. By this means the selvage is given afinished appearance, which will greatly add to the richness of the goods, whereby the appearance and value of the goods are greatly improved. The layer d, when applied to the selvage, is preferably pressed firmly upon the same, so as to firmly adhere to the selvage. In order to apply the layer d to the selvage b of the fabric, said selvage is, or may be, passed between rollers or disks, some of which are supplied with the material or mixture for the layer (1, so that when the rollers contact with the selvage, they will apply the mixture thereto. One or more of said rollers is, or are, preferably heated to cause the mixture to be properly spread and laid upon the selvage. Suitable means may be provided for operating said rollers and for supplying the mixture thereto. When the selvage is passing between the rollers,pressure is applied to said rollers to force the mixture firmly against .said selvage. The rollers are also engraved so as to unequally compress the added material, and produce a broken or embossed surface thereon to make a new light effect and further enhance the richness and value of the goods. Anysuitable relief design may be thus produced, but I preferably mill or transversely corrugate the added mixture. The selvage then presents the appearance of the ends of a richly colored woof extending beyond the cut pile. The materialor mixture cl'thus applied to the selvage will remain firmly attached thereto and have the appearance of being a portion of the selvage, the contrast between the cut pile and. the layer at giving a rich and ornamental appearance to the goods.

1. A pile fabric having a selvage or border of uncut pile, and a layer of a suitable plastic substance having an embossed or ornamental surface and adhering to said selvage, to improve the appearance of the goods, substantially as described.

2. A pile fabric having a selvage orborder of uncut pile and a layer of a suitable plastic substance having a transversely milled or corrugated surface and adhering to said selvage, to improve the appearance of the goods,

5 substantially as described.

3. The method of ornamenting cut pile fabrics which consistsin applying to the selvage thereof a layer of suitable plastic material, and unequally compressing said mixture 10 firmly upon said salvage so as to produce an embossed or ornamental surface, thereon sub stantially as described. 

